I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
MAYA ANGELOUMusic was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
More Maya Angelou Quotes
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Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
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I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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